Dudley, Marianna. Electric Wind: An Energy History of Modern Britain. : Manchester University Press, 2025. 184 pp. $27.95 (paper), ISBN 9781526182968. Reviewed by Jodie Asselin (University of Lethbridge) Published on H-Environment (October, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=62630

A unique exploration of teleonomy—also known as “evolved purposiveness”—as a major influence in evolution by a broad range of specialists in biology and th

Abel, Daniel C.; Maycock, Sophie A.. Shark: The Illustrated Biography. : Princeton University Press, 2025. Illustrations. 224 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 9780691261676. Reviewed by Janet M. Davis (University of Texas at Austin) Published on H-Environment (September, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

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Grady, Tim. Burying the Enemy: The Story of Those Who Cared for the Dead in Two World Wars. : Yale University Press, 2025. 416 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780300273977. Reviewed by Evan Sullivan (SUNY Adirondack) Published on H-War (September, 2026) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar) Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=61894

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Jones, Jonathan S.. Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America's First Opioid Crisis. : University of North Carolina Press, 2025. xiv + 393 pp. $39.95 (paper), ISBN 9781469689531. Reviewed by Megan VanGorder (Illinois State University) Published on H-CivWar (August, 2026) Commissioned by Lindsay Rae Smith Privette (Anderson University)

Gottemoeller, Rose. Security Through Cooperation: Space, Nuclear Weapons, and US-Russia Relations After the Cold War. : Stanford University Press, 2026. xvi + 184 pp. $25.00 (paper), ISBN 9781503646452. Reviewed by Mari Rochelle (University of New Mexico) Published on H-War (August, 2026) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Independent Scholar)

Carley, Sanya; Konisky, David. Power Lines: The Human Costs of American Energy in Transition. : University of Chicago Press, 2025. 336 pp. $30.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780226825625. Reviewed by John Hultgren (Bennington College) Published on H-Environment (August, 2026) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)